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• Manhunt underway for gunman in deadly Louisiana shooting spree

  26-01-2019 23:54 via news.yahoo.com
  At least five people have been killed in two separate parish shootings that are believed to be connected.
  
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• The Latest: Venezuela suspends deadline for US diplomats

  26-01-2019 23:51 via news.yahoo.com
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local):
  
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• After indictment, Roger Stone mocks Mueller with doctored photo on Instagram

  26-01-2019 23:45 via news.yahoo.com
  A day after being indicted, Roger Stone used his Instagram account to mock special counsel Robert Mueller and dub the charges against him a big nothing burger.
  
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• ‘I Feel Like a Second-Class Citizen.’ Shutdown Pain Continues for Furloughed Government Contractors Who Don’t Get Back Pay

  26-01-2019 23:22 via news.yahoo.com
  “I feel like a second class citizen now more than ever"
  
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• Prosecutor: Detroit Lions' Trevor Bates punched officer

  26-01-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Trevor Bates, a linebacker for the Detroit Lions, was arrested Saturday in New York on charges that he failed to pay a taxi fare and then punched a police officer, who suffered a concussion.
  
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• Hundreds missing in Brazil, 34 found dead, after Vale dam burst

  26-01-2019 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  The Minas Gerais state fire department, which gave the latest confirmed death toll, also said 23 people had been sent to hospitals.Firefighters focused their hopes for finding survivors on a bus, a train, offices and nearby homes that were buried after the dam break at Vale's Corrego do Feijao mine in Minas Gerais state.During a news conference, Zema said the mining complex had all its permits in order and it was unclear what caused the collapse of the dam, which had been inactive for years.
  
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• The shutdown today: Workers to get paid 'in the coming days'

  26-01-2019 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  What's up now that the partial government shutdown ended after 35 days:
  
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• 'Untouchable' charts the rise and fall of Harvey Weinstein

  26-01-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Harvey Weinstein's name was intrinsically linked to the Sundance Film Festival for years, which makes it somewhat fitting that 14 months after his career began to unravel the festival played host to the world premiere of a documentary about his rise and fall.
  
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• Canadian PM fires envoy to China after remarks on Huawei case

  26-01-2019 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  John McCallum had embarrassed Trudeau's Liberal government by saying Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou could make a strong argument against being sent to the United States.Opposition legislators and former ambassadors accused McCallum of unacceptable political interference in an affair which has badly damaged relations between Canada and China.Meng, the daughter of Huawei's founder, was arrested in Vancouver last month over alleged violations of U.S. sancti
  
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• Hezbollah could 'for years' enter Israel, group's leader says after tunnels found

  26-01-2019 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Israel's unveiling of what it called Hezbollah "attack tunnels" last month, and Lebanon's accusation that an Israeli border barrier crosses into its territory, have increased tensions.Speaking in an interview with al-Mayadeen TV, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Hezbollah did not want to draw Lebanon into a war with Israel.Both Israel and Hezbollah have already indicated that any new war between them would be greater in scope than the last one, fought in 2006 in Lebanese territory.
  
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• Double trouble: Venezuelans and their two 'presidents'

  26-01-2019 22:52 via news.yahoo.com
  Anibal Garcia chooses to make light of a situation which has left him and many other residents of Caracas unsure as to who is in charge of Venezuela.Prolonged economic crisis has now been joined by high-stakes political turmoil in the country whose official president is Nicolas Maduro, but where National Assembly chief Juan Guaido on Wednesday proclaimed himself in charge, on an acting basis.Guaido pledged to install a transitional government and hold free elections.
  
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• U.S. calls on world to 'pick a side' on Venezuela; Europeans set to recognize Guaido

  26-01-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  In heated back-and-forth exchanges at a United Nations Security Council meeting, the opposing camp led by Venezuela and Russia, which has invested heavily in Venezuela's oil industry, accused Washington of attempting a coup, and lambasted Europeans' demand that elections be called within eight days.Guaido, who took the helm of the National Assembly on Jan. 5, proclaimed himself interim president on Wednesday.The United States, Canada and a string of Latin American countries recognized the young
  
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• Trump to build Mexico border wall ‘with or without Democrats’, says Sarah Sanders

  26-01-2019 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  The White House has threatened to “move forward” with its plan to build a border along the US/Mexico border “with or without Democrats”.The statement comes after Donald Trump announced he would reopen the government without his demand for $5.7bn (£4.3bn) in border wall funding, and after democrats repeatedly rebuffed his efforts to force their hand on the issue.“In 21 days President [Trump] is moving forward building the wall with or without the Democrats,&rdq
  
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• Trump administration to build Mexico border wall ‘with or without Democrats’, says Sarah Sanders

  26-01-2019 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  The White House has threatened to “move forward” with its plan to build a border along the US/Mexico border “with or without Democrats”.The statement comes after Donald Trump announced he would reopen the government without his demand for $5.7bn (£4.3bn) in border wall funding, and after democrats repeatedly rebuffed his efforts to force their hand on the issue.“In 21 days President [Trump] is moving forward building the wall with or without the Democrats,&rdq
  
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• Louisiana shootings: Gunman on the run after five killed

  26-01-2019 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  Five people have been killed in shootings in two areas of Louisiana.Police said they have identified a suspect who is still at large and said to be “armed and dangerous”.Dakota Theriot, 21, is accused of killing his parents and three other people on Saturday in Ascension and Livingston parishes, about 70 miles west of New Orleans.
  
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• Vale Dam Burst Prompts $1.7 Billion in Blocked Funds, Fines

  26-01-2019 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  A Minas Gerais state judge has blocked 5 billion reais (1.3 billion) from Vale, prosecutors said in a statement.Earlier Saturday a separate judge also blocked funds from Vale and it was fined by the Ibama environmental agency.In a statement,Vale said it isn’t necessary to block funds for it to provide emergency services and restoration from the accident.
  
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• Smaller government? Some Trump supporters cheer the shutdown

  26-01-2019 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  FORT HANCOCK, Texas (AP) — Donald Trump didn't carry many parts of Texas' heavily Democratic areas along the border with Mexico, but he won remote Hudspeth County thanks to people like Terry Rose. And the 71-year-old mechanic saw the longest shutdown in U.S. history as a campaign promise kept.
  
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• Economy likely to pick up, though pain may linger for some

  26-01-2019 22:06 via news.yahoo.com
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The U.S. economy will likely resume its steady growth now that the government has reopened, though economists say some scars — for the nation and for federal workers — will take time to heal.
  
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• Trudeau sacks Canadian envoy to China after Huawei controversy

  26-01-2019 21:42 via news.yahoo.com
  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday said he had sought and accepted the resignation of Ottawa's ambassador to China, days after the diplomat sparked controversy with criticism of the US extradition request for a top Huawei executive."Last night I asked for and accepted John McCallum's resignation as Canada's Ambassador to China," Trudeau said in a statement that did not explain why the decision had been taken.McCallum has been making headlines in recent days over comments regardin
  
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• Exclusive: Brazil prosecutor says Vale dam burst may scramble Samarco talks

  26-01-2019 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Federal prosecutor Jose Adercio Sampaio said that depending on Vale's culpability in the new disaster, it may change how his task force handles a 155 billion reais ($41 billion) case against Samarco Mineracao SA, a Vale joint venture with BHP Group ."Now an intervening fact has appeared and that may completely change the course of those talks," Sampaio said in a telephone interview.On Friday, a burst tailings dam at a Vale mine in the town of Brumadinho, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) west of t
  
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• Worries remain for U.S. government contractors as shutdown ends

  26-01-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Hicks, 40, a security guard at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, is one of thousands of federal government contractors who do not expect to be paid for the month of work they missed during the 35-day partial shutdown - and who remain at risk if Trump and lawmakers fail to reach a more lasting agreement beyond the current three-week deal to reopen the government.Trump, who had demanded Democrats agree to fund construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border before he would agree to r
  
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• Foreign troops to quit Afghanistan in 18 months under draft deal: Taliban sources

  26-01-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The details of the draft were given to Reuters by Taliban sources at the end of six days of talks with U.S. special peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar aimed at ending the war, more than 17 years since American-led forces invaded Afghanistan.While no joint statement was issued, Khalilzad tweeted later that the talks had made "significant progress" and would resume shortly, adding that he planned to travel to Afghanistan to meet government officials.
  
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• Death toll climbs to 34 in Brazil mining dam burst

  26-01-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  The Minas Gerais state fire department also said 23 people have been hospitalized after the dam released a torrent of mud on Friday, leaving a roughly 150-meter-wide (500-foot-wide) wake of destruction.Firefighters focused their hopes for finding survivors on a bus, a train, mining offices and nearby homes that were buried on Friday in mud after the dam break at Vale's Corrego do Feijao facility in Minas Gerais state.
  
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• EU nations put Venezuela's Maduro on notice

  26-01-2019 21:09 via news.yahoo.com
  The European Union and several of its member governments gave embattled Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro an ultimatum on Saturday, saying they would recognise opposition leader Juan Guaido as president unless he calls elections within eight days.The coordinated announcements are the most explicit yet from EU countries as the 28-member bloc struggles to draft a joint statement with regards to its position on the crisis in Venezuela.Here is a roundup of European statements after the United States,
  
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• Foreign troops 'to quit Afghanistan in 18 months under draft deal,' Taliban officials say

  26-01-2019 21:04 via news.yahoo.com
  Taliban officials said U.S. negotiators on Saturday agreed a draft peace deal stipulating the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan within 18 months of the agreement being signed. The details were given to Reuters by Taliban sources at the end of six days of talks with U.S. special peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar aimed at ending the United States' longest war. While neither side released an official statement, Khalilzad tweeted later that the talks had made "significant progre
  
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• Four scenarios for Venezuela's growing political crisis

  26-01-2019 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  The political crisis in Venezuela has intensified since Juan Guaido proclaimed himself acting president, but what happens next depends on the United States and the Venezuelan military.In a country that has economically collapsed, with inflation forecast to hit a breathtaking 10 million percent this year, National Assembly chief Guaido said Wednesday he would "formally assume national executive powers" to end the "usurpation" of power by Nicolas Maduro.Maduro has accused Washington of being behin
  
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• Sundance, where Weinstein was king, airs film chronicling his fall

  26-01-2019 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  For more than 20 years, Harvey Weinstein reigned supreme as rainmaker at the Sundance Film Festival, spending millions of dollars to buy up the best in independent cinema."Untouchable," directed by Ursula Macfarlane, makes no claim to offer shocking new revelations.Rather, it attempts to retrace, as rigorously and scrupulously as possible, both the talent and the decadence of one of the most powerful men in Hollywood -- a man who now awaits trial on charges of rape and sexual aggression.
  
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• Driver accused of injuring deputies in hit and run was tracked down because of DPS citation with address on it, investigators say

  26-01-2019 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  A man accused of slamming his black sedan into two off duty sheriff's deputies on motorcycles has been arrested.
  
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• Protesters storm Turkish base in north Iraq, teenager killed

  26-01-2019 20:36 via news.yahoo.com
  IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Angry protesters stormed a Turkish military base in northern Iraq on Saturday, burning Turkish military vehicles and leading to a confrontation that left one teenager killed and 10 injured, according to officials in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region.
  
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• At U.N., Pompeo asks countries to 'pick a side' on Venezuela

  26-01-2019 20:25 via news.yahoo.com
  Pompeo was addressing the 15-member U.N. Security Council, which met at his request after Washington and a string of countries in the region recognized Guaido as head of state and urged Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to step down."Now it is time for every other nation to pick a side ... Either you stand with the forces of freedom, or you're in league with Maduro and his mayhem," Pompeo told the council."We call on all members of the Security Council to support Venezuela's democratic transit
  
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• Mud swallows houses after dam break at Brazil mine

  26-01-2019 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  Brumadinho (Brazil) (AFP) - "Adelia's home was there. And there was Nilza's, who sold sugarcane, also swallowed up," Rosilene Aganetti said Saturday, pointing out an expanse of mud engulfing a road and the surrounding land.
  
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• Trump's State of the Union address is still not happening Tuesday despite shutdown ending, Pelosi says

  26-01-2019 19:59 via news.yahoo.com
  Despite the president ending the government shutdown, his State of the Union address is still up in the air. One thing is for sure, however: It's not going to take place on Tuesday as previously planned.
  
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• US envoy claims 'significant progress' in talks with Taliban

  26-01-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. peace envoy to Afghanistan said Saturday that "significant progress" was made during lengthy talks with the Taliban in Qatar and that he was traveling to Afghanistan for more discussions aimed at ending the country's destructive 17-year war.
  
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• Venezuela crisis: Former UN rapporteur says US sanctions are killing citizens

  26-01-2019 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  The first UN rapporteur to visit Venezuela for 21 years has told The Independent the US sanctions on the country are illegal and could amount to “crimes against humanity” under international law.Former special rapporteur Alfred de Zayas, who finished his term at the UN in March, has criticized the US for engaging in “economic warfare” against Venezuela which he said is hurting the economy and killing Venezuelans.The comments come amid worsening tensions in the country aft
  
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• Venezuelan FM rejects EU ultimatum for new election

  26-01-2019 19:45 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuela's foreign minister rejected a European ultimatum Saturday to hold elections within eight days, insisting that Nicolas Maduro remained the legitimate president despite US-led pressure."Nobody is going to give us deadlines or tell us if there are elections or not," Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza told a special session of the United Nations Security Council.
  
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• Israeli settlers kill Palestinian in the West Bank

  26-01-2019 19:20 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli settlers shot and killed a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Palestinian officials and the Israeli military said.The incident followed a confrontation between settlers and Palestinians near the city of Ramallah in which a settler was lightly injured, the military said."Initial details suggest that shortly thereafter, a conflict erupted between Israeli civilians and Palestinians in the area, in which live rounds were fired by the civilians.
  
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• Black workers had long history with fed jobs before shutdown

  26-01-2019 19:12 via news.yahoo.com
  DETROIT (AP) — For Cheryl Monroe and generations of other African-Americans, federal government jobs have long been a path to the middle class and a way to provide a comfortable life for their families.
  
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• Fatal Game of 'Russian Roulette' Leaves 1 St. Louis Officer Dead, Another Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter

  26-01-2019 19:03 via news.yahoo.com
  The officer died from a gunshot wound to her chest
  
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• Pompeo Tells UN: Venezuela's Choice Is Freedom or Mayhem

  26-01-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Secretary of State Michael Pompeo took the U.S. effort to recognize Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s rightful leader to the United Nations, part of a broader campaign to replace President Nicolas Maduro, and said the choice is between freedom and mayhem.
  
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• Venezuela's Maduro Faces Western Front as EU Toughens Line

  26-01-2019 18:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The EU on Saturday called for a move “over the next days” toward elections in the oil-rich South American nation, where Maduro and National Assembly chief Juan Guaido both claim to be president.The 28-nation bloc also dangled the prospect of recognizing Guaido as Venezuela’s leader in the absence of any announcement on a new ballot.
  
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• The Latest: Venezuela official blasts European demands

  26-01-2019 18:55 via news.yahoo.com
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local):
  
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• Mother’s lifesaving surgery stopped at last minute because her bank blocked payment for operation

  26-01-2019 18:49 via news.yahoo.com
  A British mother’s lifesaving neuro-surgery in America had to be cancelled while she was being prepped for the operation – because her bank blocked payment after an automatic fraud alert was generated.Samantha Smith, from Rochdale, flew to Arizona for the £250,000 procedure to rebuild her neck, which has been weakened by Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.The 32-year-old, whose condition means her neck has become too weak to support her skull, was lying in her hospital bed at the Mayo Clin
  
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• Fernandez retires with 7th European figure skating title

  26-01-2019 18:03 via news.yahoo.com
  MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Javier Fernandez ended an illustrious figure skating career with his seventh consecutive European title after Russian rival Mikhail Kolyada floundered in the free skate on Saturday.
  
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• The Latest: Venezuela says baseball tournament safe

  26-01-2019 18:02 via news.yahoo.com
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local):
  
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• US envoy hails 'significant progress' in Taliban talks

  26-01-2019 17:59 via news.yahoo.com
  The US envoy negotiating with the Taliban hailed "significant progress" Saturday in finding a solution to end Afghanistan's long-running war.Khalilzad met for an unexpectedly long six days with the Taliban in Qatar.While he did not give further details, floated proposals include a withdrawal by the United States of its troops in return for Taliban guarantees not to shelter foreign extremists -- the initial reason for the US intervention.
  
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• Brazil halts work at Vale mine with hundreds missing after dam burst

  26-01-2019 17:57 via news.yahoo.com
  Firefighters focused their hopes on a bus, a train, mining offices and nearby homes that were buried on Friday when a torrent of mud was unleashed by the dam break at Vale's Corrego do Feijao facility in Minas Gerais state.During a press conference, Zema said the mining complex had all its permits in order and it was unclear what caused the collapse of the dam, which had been inactive for years.The National Mining Agency ordered Vale, the largest producer of iron ore in the world, to halt operat
  
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• Teachers succeed by framing strikes as for common good

  26-01-2019 17:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Los Angeles teachers who declared a victory after a six-day strike have added momentum to a successful wave of activism by educators framing their cause as a push to improve public education, not just get pay raises.
  
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• Nick Clegg swaps Putney townhouse for £7million California mansion ahead of new Facebook role

  26-01-2019 17:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Former deputy Prime Minister Sir Nick Clegg has relocated to a £7million home in California as he prepares to start his new executive role at Facebook, it has been revealed. The former Lib Dem leader, 52, and his wife, lawyer Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, 50, bought the "luxurious" new home in December. The five-bedroom property, worth a reported fee of $9million (£7million) stands in almost an acre of land, and was described by its estate agent as "a timeless classic". The house boasts
  
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• The Latest: Russia denounces 'coup' attempt in Venezuela

  26-01-2019 17:29 via news.yahoo.com
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local):
  
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• Merkel's Coal Commission Wants Germany to Quit Fuel by 2038

  26-01-2019 17:25 via news.yahoo.com
  The commission, appointed by Merkel to set a roadmap for Germany’s exit from coal, recommends the nation should quit coal by 2038 at the latest, with an earlier exit dependent on construction of renewable-energy infrastructure, according to a statement.Regions impacted by the closures should receive 40 billion euros ($45.6 billion) to help with the transition, the commission said.The recommendations, subject to amendment by government and parliament, are intended to help Germany make up lo
  
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